Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has viewed the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly as a referendum between progressive and regressive forces.
In 707 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of four people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Thursday. Likewise, one person was found infected with the virus in 545 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.
Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand and former Finance Minister and CPN (UML) leader Bishnu Prasad Poudel have pledged to their voters to shift the provincial capital to Butwal.
The leaders have pointed out the need for exposing and defeating the political forces that dissolved the parliament and those who are for regression in the election.
In a press brief, organised by the Epidemiology and Diseases Control Division (EDCD), on the occasion of World Premature Day on Thursday, the data presented by the EDCD showed more than 4,000 preterm babies die before turning five every year.
A wild elephant was found dead at Kachanakawal in Jhapa district. The adult male elephant was recovered from a banana farm at Kachanakawal Rural Municipality-1, around two kilometres from the Charkoshe Jalthal forest, with its tusks removed, said the ward chair Mahabir Limbu Ranjit.
The silent period of the election to the Member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and Province Assembly commences at 12 midnight today. The election is taking place throughout the country in a single phase on November 20.
"Although the political movements and announcements were made galore, the holistic development remained elusive for various reasons in Nepal." It was what the former prime minister and Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said while addressing an election assembly organized by the ruling alliance in Taplejung district on Wednesday.
There are a total of three million 471 thousand 792 eligible voters in Bagmati Province.
Turning down the racket isn’t just for disgruntled parents — a new study has shown it could protect more than 1 billion people at risk for hearing loss. When it comes to phones, music, movies and shows, it’s common for adolescents and young adults to listen too loud and too long, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Global Health.
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it was all’s responsibility to make the historical elections of House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assembly scheduled for November 20 a success.
Women politicians are contesting the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assembly elections against the male ‘heavyweight’ politicians in Dang district.
The nation is going to vote for new government both at the federal and provincial levels on coming Sunday. The ordinary voters as such appear not very much enthused and motivated to respond to the calling of the elections nor do they appear impressed by the promises and offers contained in the manifestoes issued by the political parties.
The 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) is now going on in Egypt. Organised by the UNFCCC, world leaders and activists have gathered during the COP sessions to try to pave way to combat the global challenges imposed by climate change. Like others, leadership of Nepal also commits to contributing towards the goals of reducing the carbon emissions.
CPN (UML) senior vice chairman Ishwar Pokharel has sought vote for UML for political stability in the country.